Vending-machine.



No. 763,456. PATENTBD JUNE 28, 1904'. e. B. BAKER & I.-L. MERGER. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10. 1903. N0 MODEL.

No. 763,456- PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904. G. B. BAKER &J.F. L. MERGER.

VENDING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE B. BAKER AND FRANK L. MERCER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO; SAID BAKER ASSIGNOR TO W. H. BUDD, JR, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,456, dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed August 10, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. BAKER and FRANK L. MERGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vending-\lachinespf which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to advertising devices, and is designed to provide an apparatus of this character in the nature of an attachment particularly applicable to coin controlled vending-machines and includes a movable element which is arranged to attract attention to the machine to which it is applied.

With this object in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of an apparatus embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, parts being removed to disclose certain working parts of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the apparatus.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each and every figure of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a case embodying a back 1, preferably circular in form and provided with a cylindrical rim or flange 2 at the outer periphery thereof. This back 1 is applied flat against some suitable support 3--as, for instance, the frame portion of a coin controlled vendingmaehineand secured thereto by means of suitable fastenings l.

Centrally piercing the back of the casing and the support 1 is a stationary cylindrical bar 5, the rear end of which is rigidly supported by a bracket 6, which is in turn car- .SerialNo. 168,944.

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ried by the back or inner face of the support 3. The forward end of the bar 5 projects slightly into the casing 2 and carries a plate 7, in the present instance in the form of a disk, the front or exposed face of which is suitably ornamentedas, for instance, with a rural scene.

Rotatably embracing the stationary bar 5 and projected in opposite directions through the back 1 and support 3 is a sleeve 8, carrying upon its rear end and within the bracket 6 a suitable gear 9, which is designed to transfer power from any suitablemotor (not shown) to the sleeve 8; but it will of course be understood that the sleeve may be driven in any other suitable manner without affecting the spirit of the present invention.

Disposed in the space between the scenic plate 7 and the back of the casing is a diametric arm 10, which is rigidly connected at its middle with the forward end of the sleeve 8, so as to rotate therewith, and to one end of this arm a cross-head 11 is intermediately pivoted, as indicated at 12. One end of the crosshead 11 has ahelical spring 13 connected thereto and also connected to the arm 10, whereby the opposite end of the cross-head is yieldably held adjacent to the flange or rim 2. At the outer end of the cross-head there is a substantially U-shaped yoke 14, which straddles the outer peripheral edge of the scenic disk 7 and carries a miniature bicycle 15, upon which is mounted a suitable dummy figure 16;

As hereinloefore indicated, the present apparatus is particularly designed for application to a coin-controlled vending-machine, so that when a coin is dropped into the machine it operates to release a suitable motor, which inturn rotates the sleeve 8, thereby carrying the arm 10 therewith and causing the bicycle to travel in a circular path around the stationary bar 5 as a center. By centrifugal action the wheels of the bicycle will of course be held in frictional contact with the inner face of the rim or flange 2, and the function of the spring 13 is to impart a natural vibratory movement to the bicycle.

Having thus described the invention, what 

